All hiring is biased. That's the entire point of behavioral interview questions. To make sure the applicant acts/responds similar to how the company expects/wants. And I've yet to encounter a company which hires without at least one behavioral interview component.
There's a difference between "I used my intuition to decide to hire them" (bias-driven) vs "I collected behaviorial examples that I compared to my company's values" (data-driven).
It's OK to say "we didn't hire this person b/c they gave an example of how they reacted to criticism that doesn't reflect our corporate values".
It's not OK to say "we didn't hire this person b/c I had a bad feeling about them".
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All hiring is biased. That's the entire point of behavioral interview questions. To make sure the applicant acts/responds similar to how the company expects/wants. And I've yet to encounter a company which hires without at least one behavioral interview component.
There's a difference between "I used my intuition to decide to hire them" (bias-driven) vs "I collected behaviorial examples that I compared to my company's values" (data-driven).
It's OK to say "we didn't hire this person b/c they gave an example of how they reacted to criticism that doesn't reflect our corporate values".
It's not OK to say "we didn't hire this person b/c I had a bad feeling about them".
That's what "culture fit" is about, not behavioral questions.
Potato potato.